Chapter 60: Intersecting Death Anniversary and Birthday (5)
Everything has become a mess!
Things have completely fallen apart! While it’s true that changesOutpace plans, this kind of interference is simply too terrible; it’s a magnitude of upheaval like nuclear fusion!
Moreover, Juncheng and I appeared before Li Nai earlier than expected. Who knows what kind of impact this will have.
Where should I even begin to deal with this? My mind is completely chaotic, unable to grasp the order of things and caught off guard. But my agitated mood and the command from my brain—‘Just act!’—made my body move. By the time I realized it, I was already running towards Li Nai.
“Run!”
Anyone being told to run would be bewildered, especially since Li Nai doesn’t even know what’s going on. Her body simply didn’t react.
At this critical moment, the glass doors of the supermarket downstairs were suddenly shattered, and a swarm of zombies poured out, intending to sacrifice Li Nai in front of them.
One accident after another… it truly validates the idiom, disasters never come singly!
Is this really a coincidence?
Juncheng and I clearly escaped the chase of fate. We’ve had uneventful days, so why has a series of seemingly coincidental events—though who knows if they truly are—suddenly occurred?
Has fate itself become chaotic?
Is the system this unreliable?
Seeing the zombies’ arms about to grab Li Nai, I charged forward without regard and tackled her to the ground.
We rolled into a ball, but at least we dodged the zombies’ initial assault. However, they immediately turned their attention to us, leaving us no chance to breathe.
But then Juncheng quickly came to our aid, eliminating those zombies. And that middle-aged uncle from before also joined the fight, taking down three or more zombies with a single shot.
“Don’t just suddenly appear! Even an extra trying to steal the spotlight needs to consider the situation!”
While fighting, Juncheng was also grumbling. It seems he’s truly exploded.
Perhaps he’s as fed up with these constantly interfering individuals as I am, as they’re deviating the script further from the main plot.
Juncheng’s combat power is quite formidable. Cooperating with the goatee-sporting middle-aged man, they easily eliminated all the minor zombie threats. Li Nai and I both let out sighs of relief and got up from the ground. Just as we were about to approach them…
I saw Juncheng slowly approach the middle-aged man from behind and whisper in his ear.
“[Don’t move.]”
The middle-aged man’s body tensed. Juncheng had already drawn his iron hammer and brutally struck the man’s head, knocking him unconscious.
But this wasn’t the end; the situation escalated further!
After knocking out the middle-aged man, Juncheng ferociously charged and tackled Li Nai, violently tearing at her clothes. Her white patterned bra was exposed as he moved to bite her neck!
Li Nai, of course, hadn’t expected the person who was just saving her to suddenly turn into this. However, she instinctively reached out to block Juncheng’s head.
Juncheng?
I was also shocked. I hadn’t expected Juncheng to act so beastly.
Has he really turned into a zombie again?
How could this happen?
I quickly grabbed Juncheng from behind, and after a struggle, managed to pull him off Li Nai. I yelled at Li Nai:
“Run! I’ll hold him back!”
“…”
“He’s my companion! I won’t abandon him! This has nothing to do with you! Run!”
At this moment, don’t worry about us anymore! Don’t meddle; continue on your path! Fulfill your script!
“…I’m sorry!”
Seeing Li Nai hesitate before turning and fleeing, I finally felt relieved.
Now, how to stabilize Juncheng…
How can I do this? Should I tie him up?
Ugh, I never thought I’d have to tie up Juncheng with my own hands… Well, there’s no other way…
“Oh, did you finally leave?”
“Juncheng?! How… you were faking it?!”
I released Juncheng. As he wiped the blood from his face, he said:
“Yeah, of course, I was faking it. Otherwise, it would be troublesome if she stayed with us.”
“That’s true… Then, Juncheng, you didn’t turn into a zombie?”
“No, that ghoul carried the zombie virus. I was indeed infected and turned into a zombie. See, my heartbeat has stopped.”
Juncheng took my hand and placed it on his chest. I felt his chest and indeed, there was no…
“Besides that, my mind is exceptionally clear, and I’ve gained night vision. These are the characteristics of zombification. Perhaps because I was a zombie before, I’m already an awakened zombie from the start this time.”
“Phew, that’s good. I was thinking of tying you up if it didn’t work out, but becoming a zombie…”
“Well, it doesn’t matter what I become. I was prepared to sacrifice myself long ago. Rather, this state is more convenient. I don’t feel pain, and my body is more agile. As expected, non-humans are stronger than humans.”
“Is this really okay?”
“When the time to deceive the world is up, we’ll return to the mirror. So, it doesn’t matter what happens to this temporary body. But if we can use it, of course, we should make the most of it.”
Juncheng moved his body, picked up the middle-aged man from the ground, and said:
“Let’s get out of here. We need to bring this guy along.”
“Is he still alive?”
“He’s a murderer, so his body is quite resilient. One hammer blow shouldn’t kill him.”
The sound of the glass shattering seemed to have attracted quite a few zombies; we needed to leave. I looked around and saw a double-decker bus on its side at a street corner, crashed into a utility pole. Its four-meter height should allow us to temporarily evade the zombie horde.
Without further hesitation, I led Juncheng towards the bus. I climbed onto the back of a truck partially stuck behind the bus, then onto the truck’s roof. Using a double jump, I barely managed to push off the back of the bus, grab onto its top, and use my light weight advantage to hoist myself up.
I was about to help Juncheng next, but he actually threw the middle-aged man up first. With a clatter, he then jumped directly onto the bus roof.
Being a zombie really makes one’s physical abilities more than a little stronger…
“Why are ghouls appearing? And a murderer… Juncheng, why did this person help you just now?”
“He saw me get bitten and thought I was going to turn into a zombie, so he wanted to ‘free’ me. It’s no different from what I did. So, I thought he wasn’t a bad guy, and I told him I wanted to save someone before I died, so he agreed to help me.”
“And then Juncheng…?”
“Yeah, I knocked him out when he wasn’t paying attention.”
“…It feels so despicable.”
“There’s no other way, or else it would be impossible to resolve the situation. Plus, by faking being a zombie, I could scare Li Nai away and get everything back on track.”
“This is acting on impulse.” Well, it means he’s not just a regular murderer who enjoys killing. He must have a purpose for being here.
“Let’s tie him up first, anyway.”
I used the prepared rope to tie the middle-aged uncle’s hands and feet. Feeling it wasn’t secure enough, I used another rope to tie around his neck, making a slipknot. If he resisted, I could simply pull the rope and strangle him.
“Don’t ask too many questions, it’s a lady’s secret.”
…I felt a sense of crisis regarding my own safety.
“Isn’t it a crisis of virginity?”
“You’re actually considering that!”
“Well, when there’s no other option, we have to tie them up.”
“So, why is tying someone up a prerequisite…”
While we were talking, the goatee man slowly regained consciousness.
“Oh, you’re awake already?”
As expected of a murderer who can undergo oniification, his recovery ability is much stronger than an ordinary person.
The first thing the man said upon waking was to Juncheng:
“Wait… why didn’t you turn into a zombie?”
He didn’t shout excitedly or ask about the current situation. Instead, he asked why Juncheng didn’t turn into a zombie?
This means this question is so important to him that he had to ask it immediately…
But in reality, Juncheng did turn into a zombie; the goatee man simply couldn’t tell.
Juncheng rubbed his chin, contemplating how to answer, when the man asked again:
“Could it be that you are the Plague’s Calamity?”
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As expected, this man is looking for Li Nai!
“I heard it was the Witch of Calamity, so I assumed it was a woman… You’re actually a man… No, could it be that you’re actually a woman? In that case, you look very much like the woman beside you. Are you perhaps sisters, not brother and sister?”
“Are you blind? I’m a genuine man! And you’ve mistaken me; I’m not the Plague’s Calamity!”
Mistaking Juncheng for the Plague’s Calamity means he doesn’t actually know who the Plague’s Calamity witch is.
Indeed, Li Nai hasn’t awakened yet. The only ones who know she is the Plague’s Calamity are me and Juncheng, who came from the future.
“You’re not…?”
Uncle with the goatee looked disappointed.
“I say, Uncle, where did you hear this from?”
“You ask where I heard it from… Isn’t the current crisis the one caused by the Plague’s Calamity?”
He’s actually saying this zombie crisis was caused by Li Nai? The truth is that Dad spread the virus…
“I just want to stop this disaster. If the Plague’s Calamity isn’t found, this disaster won’t end… Which side are you two on?”
“Which side are we on?”
“Now that the news of the Plague’s Calamity has spread, people from the ‘inner world’ have gathered in this city with various intentions… I initially thought you were just ordinary survivors. Since you know about the Plague’s Calamity, it seems you’re on this side too.”
Wait… what did this person just say?
People from the “inner world” have gathered in this city.
Murderers, ghouls, all sorts of Anomalies have gathered in this city. Even Juncheng’s entire class consists of Anomalies. Is the root cause of all this the current zombie crisis?
Was this information deliberately spread?!
I initially thought the zombie crisis was to find the Plague’s Calamity… but in reality, it was to manufacture a man-made disaster and direct all the blame towards the Plague’s Calamity, in order to attract other Anomalies?
Why would they do that?
Have Juncheng and I only understood a fraction of the entire event so far…?
What other hidden truths lie within this…?
